Ἰούδας
Ioudas
Judas
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the given data, we can see that the word Ἰούδας, or Ioudas (Strong's number G2455), is a proper name. This indicates that it refers to a specific person. According to the short definition, the name is "Judas." Since Ioudas is a proper name, it does not have a broad range of usage beyond identifying a particular individual. We can infer that it was used uniquely to refer to this person. Given that there is only one occurrence of this word in the Bible, we can assume that it holds significant importance to the narrative or message being conveyed. The name Judas will likely be understood as belonging to a key figure in the story.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text